At the age of eight, John Cooper was presented with a miniature car built by his father Charles: from that point onwards, John's life was to revolve around racing cars... The story really begins with two written-off Fiat 500 `Topolinos' that were cannabilised, in the austere days following World War..
La Grande Aventure des Delage 3 litres, written by Francois Jolly, has been produced to put the record straight with these fine 3 litre cars. Starting with a look at the early racers from Delage - the 1911 Coupe de L’Auto and later straight 8 model from Albert Lory - the book progresses onto i..
The triumphant course, written by Jean Robert Dulier, covers the story and details of the early city to city races – a form of competition popular in the pioneering days of the motor car. Very well illustrated with photographs of these early machines, coverage is given for the Grand Prix de Pau 17 F..
Lancia have produced cars for the enthusiast for more than seven decades, cars which have always offered more than mere transportation. This book covers the history of Lancia from 1908 through to 1980 based upon facsimile pages from the leading journal Autocar. It includes descriptions and technical..
Here then for the first time is the detailed history of Lancia Racing. Their story begins in the early years of the twentieth century when Vincenzo Lancia, who had played an important part in the formation of Fiat and was one of the great drivers of the time, formed a partnership with Ugo Fogolin. F..
For those wishing to expand their knowledge and interest in the early history of the marque and its products, Luigi Fusi brings together a wealth of material to produce the ‘standard work’ on the famous Merosi designed cars. He covers the 24, 12,15,15-20,40-60 hp, 1914 Grand Prix, 20-30Es then onto ..
Long Straights and Hairpin Turns is the first of two volumes capturing a special time in Pacific Northwest sports car racing history, the 1950s and 1960s. The story, written with amazing detail, insight, and passion, starts in 1950 with the first four-cylinder exhaust notes at B.C.'s Abbotsford Airp..
This book has been dedicated to the previous ownerBernard Cahier was just five years old when his father took him to see his first motor race, the 1932 Miramas Grand Prix. He was so entranced by the spectacle and the smells that he decided he would become a racing driver. The war, though, put pa..
Mon Ami Mate is the story of two of Britain's finest and most charismatic racing drivers, Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins. Throughout the nineteen-fifties they played a large part in putting Great Britain on the International racing map and, in 1958, Mike became the country's first-ever World Champi..
Although many may think that it was only the Austin 7 which was campaigned in competition , this publication sows the seed with the early years of Austin 1906-1912 and illustrates the 1908 100hp Grand Prix racer, Miss Muriel Thompson at the wheel of ‘Pobble’, Percy Lambert’s &lsquo..
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